I went outside and spotted a medium sized wallaby doing some lawn maintenance. I grabbed the camera and was just about to click the shutter release when it was spooked by a noise from the forest. Yet another cassowary in the garden. I’m going to miss these when we move back home. Cassowary having a [...]
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Goanna in the garden
A fine specimen stomping through the garden and searching for breakfast. This big boy is about 1.5m (4 foot) long. The usual stuff about taking photos through a fly screen applies. Click the thumbnail image for a much larger version, as always.
Huntsman spider
Luckily this was on the outside of the car as it arrived in my peripheral vision:
Juvenile cassowary
We had a visitor to the garden today. The cats weren’t impressed as they have never seen a bird this big before and only two feet away from their just-about-to-pop-out eyes. Photo quality is a bit lacking as the shots were taken through either glass or flyscreen. I could have gone outside but human contact [...]
Shiny
Note to self: Buy a proper drink bottle holder.
